If the cubicle was Alpha, check out the Beta workplace system

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pIn office furniture design we’ve seen tons of would-be successors to the cubicle, but nothing’s really taken root yet. The latest to throw their hat into the ring is Italian furniture manufacturer A HREF=”http://www.tecnospa.com/” Tecno/A, with their A HREF=”http://www.red-dot.de/” Red-Dot-Award-winning Beta workplace/A, designed by Pierandrei Associati:/p

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blockquoteBeta is a fresh furniture system that addresses the needs of the creative office. Using flexible system elements, offices can be creatively reconfigured and redesigned, while constantly adjusting to the user’s individual work style. The starting point of this innovative concept was the idea that a progressive office should provide space for working on both an individual and a team basis as well as space for relaxation, while fostering the shared use of knowledge. Thus beta is not just a simple furniture system, but rather an atmospheric work environment./blockquote

pAt press time Pierandrei Associati’s website was down, but A HREF=”http://www.contemporist.com/2010/07/28/the-beta-workplace-system-by-pierandrei-associati-for-tecno/” Contemporist has got tons-o’-shots of the Beta system up/A.br /
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Ghosts now officially exist, thanks to Sergey Larenkov’s computational rephotography

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pPhotographer Sergey Larenkov uses computational rephotography (as shown above and explained A HREF=”http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/camera-software-lets-you-see-into-the-past/” here/A by IWired/I) to overlay extant WWII-era photographs on their corresponding modern settings. The results are both spooky and stunning:/p

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pThe shots really do have to be seen large, so check out A HREF=”http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/” Larenkov’s LJ page/A for the rest of ’em. /p

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HardPacked

Aaron Rayburn – Over it

Une installation intéressante d’Aaron Rayburn avec le Studio Jelly est présentée ici à travers une série de visuels autour d’un long assemblage de fils et ficelles afin de donner une impression typographique du plus bel effet. Plus d’images dans la suite de l’article.



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Rolls by Sinato

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

Japanese designer Chikara Ohno of Sinato has installed coils of aluminium sheeting at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

The ends of the rolls have been draped from the ceiling and the middles of some pushed upwards, while glass surfaces on top of the rolls can be used to display merchandise.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

More installations at Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama on Dezeen:

Labyrinth of Woods by Point
Nature Factory by Makoto Tanijiri
Power Plant by Geneto
Heart of Shapes by Keiko + Manabu

Suspended Figure by Ayako Maruta
Another Geography by Kimihiko Okada
Boojum by Megumi Matsubara with AssistantHeart of Shapes by Keiko + Manabu

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

Here’s some more information from the gallery:


DIESEL DENIM GALLERYAOYAMA present a store installation “ROLLS” by Chikara Ohno / Sinato.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

DIESEL DENIM GALLERYAOYAMA has a high reputation by curating featuring a lot of talented creators like video director Timothy Saccenti (Partisan) and an architect Makoto Tanijiri.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

Among other exhibitors are architect Kimihiko Okada whose work Another Geography was scaled up at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and artist Mark Jenkins whowas chosen by Time magazine as one of the Top Ten Artists.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

Now the gallery is known as a gateway to success for new artists and architects.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

Concept by the architect:

The characteristic of aluminium, the material used fro the installation, is its softness and thinness, yet harder than cloth or paper.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

Its possession of both soft and hard qualities makes it easy to be bent by hands.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

By winding and sometimesextending this single long strip of aluminium from the entrance to the back-end of the store, it creates a beautiful waving form, changing its function and features as the material strength changes.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

This flexible quality of the material represents a gentle connection between the softness of clothes and hardness of architecture.

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

Title: ROLLS
Artist: Chikaro Ohno / Sinato
Curation: Masaaki Takahashi (BRIZHEAD)
Date: 2010.7.23

Diesel Denim by Chikara Ohno

Venue: DIESEL DENIM GALLERY AOYAMA 1F
Address: 6-3-3, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hours:13:00-20:00
Web: http://www.diesel.co.jp/denimgallery/index.html


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Lee Broom: One Light Only

An up-and-coming British designer launches an Art Deco-inspired lighting line
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One of Britain’s most exciting young designers, Lee Broom, launches his fourth collection, One Light Only, at the London Design Festival this September. With last year’s Heritage Boy collection gathering praise from fellow designers and press alike, Broom’s latest collection sees him tackle a wider audience with a more affordable selection of offerings.

“With OLO I’ve taken a different design approach; I wanted to create a range which is accessible and affordable,” explains the designer, noting that his previous work has been aimed more at the design-as-investment market. Drawing on his years in the fashion business (he cites Art Deco jewelry and late ’70s fashion photography as influences), Broom developed a striking lighting collection based around two different pendant lights, one 10 centimeters high and the other a princely 30 centimeters.

The lights will form an installation which will welcome visitors to his East London studio, where his other work will also be on show. Exterior faceting in either matte white or polished gold characterizes OLO, with the interior of the lights finished in the juxtaposing finish.

With the designer scooping awards, commissions and projects with growing frequency, his tag as one to watch can safely be replaced with “cannot be avoided.” Not that you would want to. Prices will start from £295.


Label Love: Fashion Meets Architecture With CHROMAT

imageIt’s sexy. It’s edgy. It’s Chromat. Started by two architecture students from University of Virginia, Chromat is an experiment of human form and the unique structures and shapes it can take. Chromat features a strong architectural undertone in all it’s collections, but each collection is truly unique and intriguing in it’s own right. Using bright colors, somber colors, innovative silhouettes and additional exterior build-ons, student turned designers, Becca McCharen and Emily Kappes, not only show their creativity in merging architecture with fashion, but manage to keep it sexy and chic the whole time. Personal favorite is the S/S 2010 Collection: Cities and Cages. Corset like contraptions in black piping are fitted over body-conscious dresses, then flaring out to a crinoline like silhouette. Dresses range from black and white to soft greys and the occasional pop of red or fuchsia and are feminine and sometimes frilly, up until the bondage-inspired cage add-on. While some of the pieces do scream S&M a little too much for my tastes, the pieces that do it right are so right. It’s sexy, it’s edgy. It’s the S/S 2020 collection from Chromat and definitely worth checking out! Click on the slideshow to see some of my favorite ‘Cities and Cages’ pieces!

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Felix Vorreiter’s handheld skywriter

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pMore proof that it takes (x) years to make an overnight success: Karlsruhe-based communications designer A HREF=”http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffel-x.com%2Fsl=detl=enhl=ie=UTF-8″ Felix Vorreiter/A invented the txtBOMBER back in 2005, but it’s just in the past few days that it’s exploded onto the blogosphere./p

pWhat is it? It’s basically a handheld skywriter that prints on walls using an Arduino processor and seven markers. Pretty damn rad!/p

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Troika’s palindromic, kinetic sign for the VA Museum

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pa href=”http://troika.uk.com/”Troika’s/a newly installed two-way sign for the VA museum in London is simple, quiet, and mind-boggling all at the same time, “a kinetic object consisting of three revolving parts, together forming the VA monogram. With each half turn, the monogram de-constructs and reconnects itself turning into a mirrored palindrome.”/p

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Workspace of the Week: Bed above, desk below

This week’s Workspace of the Week is JoelVardy’s 9.5′ x 9.5′ bedroom office:

With college students around the globe getting ready to head back to dorm rooms the size of shoe boxes, I thought it was a good idea to feature JoelVardy’s terrific workspace. The lofted bed and desk he built himself, and details about its construction are on his website. He’s using a Kawasaki Paddock Chair, which I’d never seen before but that looks incredibly comfortable. Thank you, JoelVardy, for submitting your office to our Flickr pool.

Want to have your own workspace featured in Workspace of the Week? Submit a picture to the Unclutterer Flickr pool. Check it out because we have a nice little community brewing there. Also, don’t forget that workspaces aren’t just desks. If you’re a cook, it’s a kitchen; if you’re a carpenter, it’s your workbench.

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